Easy BBQ Baked Oven Baked Ribs Recipe | How to Bake Ribs (2024)

FAQs

How long does it take to cook ribs in the oven? ›

Larger, fattier ribs need to be cooked longer than baby backs. Shoot for around 2 hours at 350 degrees if the ribs are uncovered, as in our Barbecued Pork Ribs. If wrapped in foil, the ribs can go for up to 3 hours at 300°F degrees, or crank the oven up to 400 degrees for a briefer baking time—1.5 to 2 hours.

Do you bake ribs covered or uncovered? You can cook ribs either covered with foil or uncovered. Foil is used to stop the meat from drying out but is not essential. If cooking uncovered and you notice the meat is drying out or browning too quickly, you can cover with foil for the remaining cook time.

Bake 2 1/2 to 3 hours for spareribs or 1 1/2 to 2 hours for baby back ribs. Halfway through cooking, cover the ribs with aluminum foil to protect them from drying out. Brush with barbecue sauce.

Cover the baking sheet tightly with foil then bake for 3-1/2 hours at 250 degrees. If your rack of ribs is larger than 3lbs, add an additional 30 minutes baking time per additional 1/2 — 1lb ribs. For example, bake a 3 — 4lb rack of ribs for 4 hours.

Place ribs, meat side down, in baking dishes. Cover the baking dishes with aluminum foil and place in the oven. If you are using small baby back ribs, take out after 3.5 hours. If you are using regular baby back or St. Louis style ribs, then take out after 4 hours.

You'll want to let your ribs grill at 275 for four to five hours. Ideally, the internal temperature of the ribs should be between 190 and 200 degrees when you're finished. If you don't already have a meat thermometer, go ahead and invest in one. You can find one for under $20.

It might be necessary to turn the rack around to get an even sear on the top surface of the ribs, but don't worry about flipping them over. You are only crusting the top surface.

Then put the racks of ribs in a single layer on a baking sheet, meatiest side up, and put them into a 300°F oven. They go in there for 2 hours. You don't have to do anything at all. Just leave them in there uncovered and untouched.

Preheat oven to 275°F (135°C). Cook ribs uncovered for 30 minutes. Then, wrap ribs in foil, turn oven to 300°F (150°C) and cook ribs for another 2 1/2 hours. Remove ribs from oven, open the foil and thinly sauce ribs with BBQ sauce.

Fill a small baking pan two-thirds full with cold water and place on the lowest rung in the oven. This helps to keep the ribs moist during the lengthy cooking time.

Why are my oven ribs tough? ›

If your ribs are chewy, you either forgot to remove the membrane from the back of the ribs or you didn't cook them long enough. If your ribs are dry, you likely cooked them too hot and fast. Luckily, there are a few things you can do to fix dry and chewy ribs.

Cooking any kind of meat for too long will usually leave it dry, tough, and utterly unappealing. In all honesty, cooking BBQ ribs to perfection is something of an artform. It's not something the home chef does very often, and overcooking the ribs is a common way to disappoint yourself when you sit down to eat.

Place ribs on a foil-lined baking sheet (or large roasting pan), meat-side up. Bake for 4 hours (middle rack, uncovered). Turn oven up to 250 degrees F and let ribs cook for another hour. Turn oven up to 275 degrees F and let ribs cook for another hour.

Baby back rib cooking temperature

We want a temp that is relatively low. We want to keep the smoker at about 250°F (121°C) for the duration of the cook. To help keep that temp on target, you can use Billows BBQ Control Fan in conjunction with Signals.

To cook these ribs, I used the classic 3-2-1 method: 3 hours uncovered, 2 hours wrapped and 1 final hour uncovered.

Preheat oven to 350° F. Remove the ribs from the package(s) and wrap with foil. (To prevent sticking, spray foil lightly with cooking spray.) Place the wrapped ribs on a rimmed cookie sheet and place in the oven for 15 minutes.

I start cooking ribs in the oven at around 200 degrees if they're wrapped in foil, and unwrapped ribs at 225 degrees to compensate for the cooling effect of evaporation from the exposed meat surface. These temperatures bring the inner meat temperature up to around 170 degrees in 3 to 4 hours.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place each rack of ribs on a piece of aluminum foil large enough to completely wrap the ribs (see Note). Brush ribs with 1/2 cup barbecue sauce, covering completely, then wrap tightly in foil. Place on rimmed baking sheets and bake 1 hour, or until fork-tender.

Pretty much every rib recipe out there calls for using a low and slow, indirect grilling method.